Well, even though the baseball season seems to have been going on for quite a while for us, there have only been two official games so far for Trey's team. Trey pitched his first game this past weekend and had a great outing. The team also came away with the victory - apparently the first U.S. team victory against a Japanese team (in this league) in the past two years!!! He pitched the entire 5 inning game and walked only one batter. It was great fun to watch, although a bit tense at times, as a mother watching...
Baseball is quite a commitment here...I think the season goes through March and involves a weeknight practice that is relatively close, a 3-hour Saturday practice that is about an hour drive one-way, and a Sunday game at that same distant field...if you can call it a field...apparently, it is dubbed "the construction site" by some. There is no "normal" ground ball on this field (not sure of which direction or how high it may bounce at any given moment), which I guess just makes the kids be more on their toes than usual...but can make for frustrating fielding at times.
Some different rituals also exist that stress good sportsmanship that include the teams separately bowing to each side and saying "thank you", as well as bowing and saying thank you at the end of the game to the umpires and a few other things that I am still learning about. Respectful behavior is highly stressed throughout.
Anyway, he is truly enjoying this baseball season ... stay tuned for future updates...
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